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Professor Kevin Anderson has written an open letter to the President of the European Commission about the EU’s  climate policy.  In the letter, Professor Anderson expresses his “serious concerns that the process for determining the EU’s 2030 decarbonisation target is … Continue reading →

The balcony garden quakes; tiny brown leaves fall from branches. The final charcoaled piece of shipflesh falls from the sky, a fiery planet-sized ball of skin and meat. From behind glass in their living room, they watch as it disintegrates … Continue reading →

I know, I know, don’t feed the trolls. They are immune to evidence, rationality etc, and a lot of what they do is attention-seeking behaviour.  Don’t expect them to play by anything approaching Enlightenment rules…

Choice by Sarah Jasmon. The other runner-up story – “Skin” by Dan Carpenter – will be published tomorrow. And on the hill there is a white city, and within her walls all will be safe. Except Manchester isn’t on a … Continue reading →

Thank goodness that the British are showing the Way Forward on climate change, not like Johnny Foreigner… No, wait…

ICLEI “is the leading local authorities network addressing sustainable development. Since 2010, it has been operating the cCCR, the world’s largest database of local climate action through the voluntary reporting pursuant to political commitments (i.e. signatories of Mexico City Pact), … Continue reading →

Santander Award “TreeStation has won a £20,000 Santander Social Enterprise Development Award to help us develop our biomass business. The money is being used to make improvements to the big biomass chipper and to engineer a better power unit. This … Continue reading →

UPDATE: We received this two minutes ago, from Chris Wright of AfSL. “Sorry to spoil the opportunity for a sensational headline, but AfSL has no intention of ‘shutting its doors’. It is true that our Big Lottery grant comes to … Continue reading →

Cross-post from “Ask the People of Manchester,” which is trying to get 4,000 signatures on a petition by 18th November (we are almost at 1,000!!) Event: gathering before Full Council on Weds 9th October, 9am #askmcr Posted on October 2, 2013 … Continue reading →

Apologies to all people who submitted entries for the Short Story contest. Winners *will* be announced shortly (by end of October). The responsibility for the delay lies entirely with the competition organiser, NOT with the judges. “Watch this space.”